Hand and foot operating mechanism.



J. P; OHMER.

HAND AND FOOT OPERATING MEGHANISM.

APPLICATION FILED 00T. 7, 1912.

Y 1,1 1 1,172. l Patented Sept. 2.2, 1914.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OEEIOE".

' `JOHN F. OHMER, OEDAYTON, OHIO, AssIGNOR To `OEI/IER FARE REGISTER COMPANY,

OE RAYTON, OHIO7 A CORPORATION OE NEW YORK, (INCORPORATED IN 1902.)

fTo allwhomz't may concern.:

IIAND ANI) FOOT OPERATING MEcIIANIsIvI.

`Be`it known that I, JOHN F. OHMER, a

" citizen of the United States, residing at .Dayton, county of Montgomery, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful yImprovements in Hand and Foot Operating Mechanism, of which Ideclare the jfollowing'to be a` full, vclear, and exact description.

'Si foperating mechanism for kfare boxes and like vThis inventionI relates to hand and oot machines.l

The objectof this invention is to produce.

I a simple and efcient mechanism of this character so arranged that the time and energy "required by a conductor in collecting and registerin fares n of different .values and classes an in making change is a minimum.

'i 'The preferred form of are box employed comprises a table on which the passenger "'*plac'es the fare rather than in the fare hopper fzas'in the'gboxes now in common use.

" vIn operation the passenger places his fare l"v'on the-*table and the conductor pushes it' 255: -`A continued lmovement 4of the conductors intothe proper compartment lof the hopper.

hand in the same direction brings it into 1, contact ,with the proper device to register "-the fare' corresponding" tovthat particular iffw'fhi'chthe conductor" may operate the regishopper.l Mechanisms are also provided by valtering*device'by his foot if he so desires. ,'Thec'on'clucton as he yinds it necessary, can

' making change.

open the upper drawer and remove from it the cash collected and, after sorting it, place it in the rlower drawer for the purpose of The.' above arrangement permits the [conductor to have complete con- "''t'r'ol'offares collectedboth before and after they-aredeposited in the fare box, and en ablesfhim to make the registrations and 'y change readily and rapidly.

yFigure l is an elevation of the fare box and its"pedestal `partly'in section showing 'I details ofthe fare box proper andl the reg- Fig. 2 is a Specification of Letters Patent.

'can be fitted.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

' and disconnecting the foot pedalswith the register operating mechanism- The fare box 1s provided with a fare hopper having compartments 6, 7 and 8.

76 is a shield pivotally mounted at 77 andextending over the compartments 7 and 8 to prevent metal fares being thrown in said compartments.

Compartment 6 of the fare hopper is pro-l vided with an angle plate 4 and a second angle plate 5y of the fare box and forming a guidefor the fares deposited. The bottom of compartment 6 of the Jfare hopper has closure 9 normally held in position to close this compartment by vmeans of spring l0. This closure may be opened to permit fares to be dropped from compartment 6 of the hopper, by means of handle '11.

Beneathr the fare hopper is a sliding drawer 13 provided with suitable compartments.` In the lower part of the box proper is pivoted a drawer 16.

21 designates an angular; lever or operating handle which is suitably vfulcrumed at the rear of the box. There is one of these operating handles associated with each reg-y ister mechanism. These handles each operate separate registering mechanisms contained in casing 25. This casing 25 comprises'a fare registering mechanism exactly similar to that disclosed in previous-patents to thev applicant, for example, see patent Ito John F. OhmenNo. 646,757, April 3, 1900.

As the details of this `mechanism are not4 'carried by thecasing 25 and having an oblong slot into which wedge shaped pin 73 The connections between handles 21- and the registering mechanism contained in casing 25 are all exactly similar, and a detailed description of but one of these connections will be given. lHandle 21 comprises a lever,

the lower arm 26 of which extends through the body portion of the fare box and has its lower end formed in a yoke 27 which ts over a lug 28 projecting from slide 29 car-l The slide 29 has also provided, vindicated lat 70, an interlocking mechanism for preventing more than one 1 of the handles being operated at the same time 1As any common `key interlocking mechanism may be used in this connection detailed description of the interlock for the handles is not deemed necessary.

The lower end Iof lever 26 is provided Apin `34 .tovwhich is pivotally connectzlink 36. vThe lower end of link v36. forms a yoke 37 which lits over a pin 38,

with ed a carried by a link 39. Pin is frictionally held in yoke 37 by means of a spring 3pressed plunger 40 carried in a bracket 41` Afastened to the portion of the link 36."

, ivotal-ly connected to the lower end of linkl 39 is a lever 42 carrying foot pedal 43 and :pivotally mounted in bracket 45 attached toy foot 46 of pedestal 47 carrying the fare boX Link 39 `is movedl to be connected and disconnected from yoke 37 by means of a sliding plate 49 having slots 48 throuffh.

passes the lever 39. Plate 49 sli es in a bracket 52 mounted on the pedestal47 and is provided with a handle 51 and a pair Jof notches53 coperating with a plunger 54 l holding vplate 49 either in a position in which link 39is connected with the link 36 or disconnected therefrom. The upper orfy tion of pedestal 47 forms a yoke 55 .w ichE .acts as a support therefor.

If the conductor desires to use the foot. pedals iin operating the registering mechay nism,k`hegrasps handle 51 and through itv connects links36 and 39. The box is nowl ltor Voperation without further ad Ijustmfmt. Thepa'ssenger places his faire on the 'table `2 and the conductor vdrops the,

y fare into its proper compartment 6, 7 or 8 vas the casemay be. In the case of any pa- .per `fares, they will drop immediately from plie hopper into their proper compartment.4 55 i n n'the case of cash or metal fares, however, the fare will first fall upon the closure 9 and can be inspected by the conductor throughthe openings in the fare box proper, thus i ily theuse of s ugs or other counterfeit fares. After inspecting the fares he may permit 4them tojbe dropped linto the cash compartn Inentlof box 13 as he desires by moving the i tclosure 9 against the tension of spring 10 "rmitting him to detect read-4 by means of the handle 11. The fare, having been dropped into the proper compartment of the drawer or hopper, continued movement of the hand of the conductor will cause the proper handle. 2l, t0 be operated and thus operate the proper registering mechanism contained in casing 25. Due to the full stroke mechanism'and` 4the interlocking 'mechanism but one handle can beoperated at a. time and this handle must be `fully operated. This insures that but one fare is registered and that a fare is vregistered on every operation bf the inaehine. If the `conductor so desires, he ma. operate the registering mechanism throu means of pressingthe proper one of t e kfoot ,pedals43, and th'us leave his #hands free for the collectionI voit' fares 0r other Buvpervision of the car that may be necessary. The .pivotally mounted drawer 16 :is kept ,open while the box is bein used and into the compartments 17 of lt is l.drawer am placed coins ofdiiferent denominations for the purpose of readily making This arrangement .places the cash at la conf venient position relative to the register mechanism and causes a considerable saving of4 time over those .methods at present rin use.

Having thus fully Vdescribed my invention, what I claim is the followl g;

1. In combination, fa han -o `vative member comprising a bell-'crank f ver a. foot-operative member including ayrll link bar, a link bar pivoted to the forward end of kthe hand-operative member and adapted to be freely connected lto and dis connected from the vertical link .bar-of .the

foot-operative member, and a, horizontal] slidable .plate member enga the Bai vertical link bar andadapted to actuate th.

ysame in effecting such connection or disconnection.

,2. In combination, a hand-operative member including a bell-crankl lever,v a footloperative member, `a connection between` lsaidfbell-crank lever and said foot-operative member comprising link bars pivoted respectively to the forward arm Oad bellcrank lever and the forward end of said foot member, said link 'bars having n de tachable connection at their adjacent vends, .a horizontal slide engagin one of said link bars and controllinghsai connection and means engaging the forward end .of said bell-crank lever and `compelling ,a full oper ative movement thereof.

3. In combination, a handtive member comprising a bell-crank ver, a foot-operative member, a link bar de nding from the forward end 0f said df operative member, and yhaving its lower Vend terminated in a yoke, a vertical link bar extending from said foot'operative member,

a pin on said last named link beu' over which In testimony whereof I aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN F. OHMER.

Witnesses: i MARY MURRAY, L J AY B. MURPHY. i

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, v

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